An interesting question that comes up in a fair amount of sci fi, I think, is the notion that protecting someone from harm may not be in their best interests. Asimov brings the question up fairly directly in Liar, undoubtedly one of my favorite stories from I, Robot. You can even see the question outlined, if you’re looking for it, in the movie. It is a major theme in Adulthood Rites. <\/p>\n
I think it’s a question that comes up naturally with technological advance. Are we sacrificing personal growth for a comfortable life? And, if so, which is preferable?<\/p>\n
I clearly have my own answers to these questions, but I think they are useful for provoking thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An interesting question that comes up in a fair amount of sci fi, I think, is the notion that protecting someone from harm may not be in their best interests. Asimov brings the question up fairly directly in Liar, undoubtedly one of my favorite stories from I, Robot. You can even see the question outlined, … Continue reading “unhappiness as a step towards growth”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}